), born in a small village in Normandy called Merlerault in the district of Orne, where his father was notary.
In a short introduction to this publication, Labbé mentioned that Paul Jules Tillaux (1834–1904) was his supervisor.
Tillaux was a famous surgeon, also working at the Beaujon Hospital, who produced publications about the surgical treatment of fractures of the vertebral column, among other subjects.
In the body of the article, Labbé described various kinds of intracranial connections of cerebral veins.
In his paragraph on the communications between dural sinuses, he reported the presence of the vein that bears his name.